Life of the Right Reverend Samuel Wilberforce, D.D. Lord Bishop of Oxford and afterward of Winchester with selections from his diaries and correspondence. 3 vols.

(WILBERFORCE, Samuel) ASHWELL, Arthur Rawson.

Published by John Murray. 1880-2, 1880

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FIRST EDITION. Vol. I front., plates, illus, 8pp cata. (December 1879); vol. II half title, 1p. ad., front., 4pp ads; vol. III half title, front., errata slip; inner hinge vol. II sl. split. Orig. navy cloth; some rubbing & marking, white mark on front board vol. III. Binder's ticket of Simpson & Renshaw to rear pastedown vol. II. Ownership signature of 'Mrs Gibbs' on verso of first free blank, vol. III. Wilberforce, son of William Wilberforce, the anti-slavery campaigner. 'Soapy Sam' clashed with Huxley at the famous 1860 British Association debate on evolution, his speech remembered for his enquiry to Huxley as to whether it was through his grandfather or grandmother that he considered himself descended form a monkey. Seller Inventory # 92548

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Title: Life of the Right Reverend Samuel ...
Publisher: John Murray. 1880-2
Publication Date: 1880
Binding: Hardcover
Edition: 1st Edition

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